Uncertainty is not good for the market

Break Ins

The California Association of Realtors publishes some interesting statistics from time to time.

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New Listing Market Watch - winding down summer

We continue to follow the well-established summer pattern of low inventory in the July/August summer months.  In the last two weeks only 208 new listings came on the market -- the lowest number since the Christmas/New Year holiday period.  A year ago it was an almost identical 209 new listings for the same period. 

In our report that will be posted on September 9th (a week after Labor Day) we expect to see the usual jump in new listings.  What seems a little different this year is that demand is stronger than last year for single family homes which shows up in the days-on-market figures which are slightly down this year compared to last.  For July average DOM for single family homes was 21 compared to 23 the year before.

The number of price reductions is down significantly compared to a year ago.  Single family homes saw only 9 price reductions in the last two weeks compared to 13 in the same period last year.  SImilarly price reductions for condos was 17 this year vs 20 last year.

End of Summer State of the Market

Summer usually has some of lowest inventory levels of the year and 2019 is no exception.  New listings of single family homes were down slightly but the number of condos/TICs were up slightly compared to a year ago. 

Single Family Homes:

Average selling prices for single family homes continue to be a historic highs.  In July, the average days on market (DOM) for 2bed/1bath and 3/2 single family homes were 17 and 22 respectively and premiums (selling price divided by listing price) were 118% and 122% respectively.

As of 8/13/19 thee is a 2-week supply of 2/1 and a 3-week supply of 3/2 single family homes. 

Condos:

Condos, like single family homes, are also selling at historic high prices.  The three configurations we track (1/1, 2/1 and 2/2) average selling prices in July were $865k, $1,201K and $1,449k respectively. 

DOM were 36 days, 21 days and 36 days.  Premiums were 111%, 117% and 104%.

Inventory is more plentiful:  1/1 inventory is 6 weeks, 2/1 inventory is 4 weeks and 2/2 inventory is 8 weeks.

Our reports can be found at www.boldsf.com/Statistics